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A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Married Women Regarding Prevention of Lower Reproductive Tract Infection

Hetal R. Patel

Abstract


Reproductive tract infections are being increasingly recognized as a serious global health problem with impact on individual women and men. A study was conducted to assess the Knowledge of Married Women Regarding Prevention of Lower Reproductive Tract Infection at Ognaj, Ahmedabad of Gujarat state. 100 married women were selected for study with the age group between 20-45yrs by convenience sampling technique. The knowledge questioner consists of 30 items. The result suggests that Majority of married women had inadequate knowledge (91%) towards prevention of lower reproductive tract infection.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijwhn.v1i2.890

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